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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–17–17HO; Docket No. CDC–2016–
0118]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection entitled ‘‘Test Predictability
of Falls Screening Tools.’’ CDC will use
the information collected to evaluate
current screening tools and potentially
design a new screening tool for health
care practitioners to identify
community-dwelling adults 65 and
older at risk for falls.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016–
0118 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
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Please note: All public comment
should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal
(Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
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data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Test Predictability of Falls Screening
Tools—New—National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NCIPC seeks to request a two-year
OMB approval for the ‘‘Test
Predictability of Falls Screening Tools’’
information collection project. Falls are
the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal
injuries among older adults in the U.S.
and represent a significant burden to the
healthcare system. Research
demonstrates that clinical interventions
can reduce fall risk, and the American
and British Geriatrics Societies (AGS/
BGS) have developed a clinical practice
guideline to manage fall risk among
their older adult patients. Based on
these guidelines, the CDC developed a
falls prevention initiative called
STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents,
Deaths, and Injuries). STEADI includes
a suite of materials (available at
www.cdc.gov/STEADI) that help health
care practitioners implement these
clinical guidelines.
The first step in clinical falls
prevention is for health care
practitioners to administer a fall risk
screening. The screening identifies
whether adults 65 and older are at
‘‘increased risk’’ for a fall. The initial
screening step is critical because it
identifies who will receive the
assessments and follow-up care, which
has the potential to place a large burden
on health care practitioners and the
healthcare system. While medical
organizations such as the American
Geriatrics Society recommend that
adults 65 and older be screened
annually for fall risk, and although there
are a number of tools used to screen
older adults for fall risk, there is
currently no standard for fall risk
screening across care settings.
The CDC proposes to conduct a new
data collection in order to develop a set
of brief screening questions that are
clinically-useful for quickly sorting
patients into risk levels for falls. The
goals of this study are to: (1) Test the
ability of existing falls screening tools to
predict falls in the subsequent year; (2)
design an effective and parsimonious
screening tool for health care
practitioners to identify communitydwelling adults 65 and older at risk for
falls; and (3) assess how responses to
questions change over time and how
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well questions predict falls for specific
groups (e.g., gender, race, disability
status).
The intended use of the resulting data
is to evaluate current screening tools
and potentially design a new screening
race, disability status) of adults 65 and
older.
The only cost to respondents will be
time spent responding to the survey/
screener.
tool for health care practitioners to
identify community-dwelling adults 65
and older at risk for falls. The analysis
will consider individual questions and
groupings of questions that predict fall
risk for multiple subgroups (e.g., gender,
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(Hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
(hours)
Respondents
Form name
Contacted Panelists ..........................
Participating Panelists .......................
Initial Call ..........................................
Baseline
Survey/Final
Survey
(month 12) Web Mode.
Baseline
Survey/Final
Survey
(month 12) Phone Mode.
Monthly Update Survey (months 1–
11) Web Mode.
Monthly Update Survey (months 1–
11) Phone Mode.
Falls Diary ........................................
Proxy Survey Web Mode .................
Proxy Survey Phone Mode ..............
1,463
380
1
1
2/60
20/60
49
127
570
1
30/60
285
380
11
10/60
697
570
11
15/60
1,568
276
38
57
1
1
1
5/60
3/60
5/60
23
2
5
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
2,756
Proxy Respondents ...........................
Total Hours ................................
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Meeting of the Community Preventive
Services Task Force (Task Force)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the next meeting of the
Community Preventive Services Task
Force (Task Force). The Task Force is an
independent, nonpartisan, nonfederal,
and unpaid panel. Its members
represent a broad range of research,
practice, and policy expertise in
prevention, wellness, health promotion,
and public health, and are appointed by
the CDC Director. The Task Force was
convened in 1996 by the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) to
identify community preventive
programs, services, and policies that
increase healthy longevity, save lives
and dollars, and improve Americans’
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quality of life. CDC is mandated to
provide ongoing administrative,
research, and technical support for the
operations of the Task Force. During its
meetings, the Task Force considers the
findings of systematic reviews on
existing research and practice-based
evidence and issues recommendations.
Task Force recommendations are not
mandates for compliance or spending.
Instead, they provide information about
evidence-based options that decision
makers and stakeholders can consider
when they are determining what best
meets the specific needs, preferences,
available resources, and constraints of
their jurisdictions and constituents. The
Task Force’s recommendations, along
with the systematic reviews of the
evidence on which they are based, are
compiled in the Guide to Community
Preventive Services (The Community
Guide).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 from
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST and
Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 8:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The Task Force Meeting
will be held at the CDC Edward R.
Roybal Campus, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Headquarters
(Building 19), 1600 Clifton Road NE.,
Atlanta, GA 30329. You should be
aware that the meeting location is in a
Federal government building; therefore,
Federal security measures are
applicable. For additional information,
please see Roybal Campus Security
Guidelines under SUPPLEMENTARY
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INFORMATION.
Information regarding
meeting logistics will be available on
the Community Guide Web site
(www.thecommunityguide.org) closer to
the date of the meeting.
Meeting Accessibility: This meeting is
open to the public, limited only by
space availability. All meeting attendees
must RSVP to ensure the required
security procedures are completed to
gain access to the CDC’s Global
Communications Center.
Public Comment: The opportunity for
public comment will be available during
the meeting. A public comment period
limited to 3 minutes per person will
follow the Task Force’s discussion of
each systematic review. Individuals
wishing to make public comments must
indicate their desire to do so in advance
by providing their name, organizational
affiliation, and the topic to be addressed
with their RSVP. Public comments will
become part of the meeting summary.
Public comment is not possible via
Webcast.
U.S. citizens must RSVP by 02/13/
2017. Non U.S. citizens must RSVP by
01/30/2017 due to additional security
steps that must be completed. Failure to
RSVP by the dates identified could
result in the inability to attend the Task
Force meeting due to the strict security
regulations on federal facilities.
Meeting Accessibility: This meeting is
available to the public via Webcast. The
Webcast URL will be sent to registrants
upon receipt of their RSVP. All meeting
attendees must RSVP to receive the
webcast information which will be
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-17HO; Docket No. CDC-2016-0118]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection entitled ``Test Predictability of Falls
Screening Tools.'' CDC will use the information collected to evaluate
current screening tools and potentially design a new screening tool for
health care practitioners to identify community-dwelling adults 65 and
older at risk for falls.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0118 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Test Predictability of Falls Screening Tools--New--National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NCIPC seeks to request a two-year OMB approval for the ``Test
Predictability of Falls Screening Tools'' information collection
project. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries
among older adults in the U.S. and represent a significant burden to
the healthcare system. Research demonstrates that clinical
interventions can reduce fall risk, and the American and British
Geriatrics Societies (AGS/BGS) have developed a clinical practice
guideline to manage fall risk among their older adult patients. Based
on these guidelines, the CDC developed a falls prevention initiative
called STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries).
STEADI includes a suite of materials (available at www.cdc.gov/STEADI)
that help health care practitioners implement these clinical
guidelines.
The first step in clinical falls prevention is for health care
practitioners to administer a fall risk screening. The screening
identifies whether adults 65 and older are at ``increased risk'' for a
fall. The initial screening step is critical because it identifies who
will receive the assessments and follow-up care, which has the
potential to place a large burden on health care practitioners and the
healthcare system. While medical organizations such as the American
Geriatrics Society recommend that adults 65 and older be screened
annually for fall risk, and although there are a number of tools used
to screen older adults for fall risk, there is currently no standard
for fall risk screening across care settings.
The CDC proposes to conduct a new data collection in order to
develop a set of brief screening questions that are clinically-useful
for quickly sorting patients into risk levels for falls. The goals of
this study are to: (1) Test the ability of existing falls screening
tools to predict falls in the subsequent year; (2) design an effective
and parsimonious screening tool for health care practitioners to
identify community-dwelling adults 65 and older at risk for falls; and
(3) assess how responses to questions change over time and how
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well questions predict falls for specific groups (e.g., gender, race,
disability status).
The intended use of the resulting data is to evaluate current
screening tools and potentially design a new screening tool for health
care practitioners to identify community-dwelling adults 65 and older
at risk for falls. The analysis will consider individual questions and
groupings of questions that predict fall risk for multiple subgroups
(e.g., gender, race, disability status) of adults 65 and older.
The only cost to respondents will be time spent responding to the
survey/screener.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents Form name respondents responses per response (hours)
respondent (Hours)
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Contacted Panelists........... Initial Call.... 1,463 1 2/60 49
Participating Panelists....... Baseline Survey/ 380 1 20/60 127
Final Survey
(month 12) Web
Mode.
Baseline Survey/ 570 1 30/60 285
Final Survey
(month 12)
Phone Mode.
Monthly Update 380 11 10/60 697
Survey (months
1-11) Web Mode.
Monthly Update 570 11 15/60 1,568
Survey (months
1-11) Phone
Mode.
Falls Diary..... 276 1 5/60 23
Proxy Respondents............. Proxy Survey Web 38 1 3/60 2
Mode.
Proxy Survey 57 1 5/60 5
Phone Mode.
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Total Hours............... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,756
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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